Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t written to much in 2010. It wasn’t because I was ignoring you, I had some really good reasons. Reason #1 – Super secret projects I have been doing detailed design work for a couple REALLY LARGE data centers clients (the type that dominate top 10 lists) [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Data Center'
Where was Colin in 2010?
January 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · CISCO, EMC, NetApp
Tags: certification·CISCO·Data Center·DESIGN·EMC·flexpod·NDA·NetApp·Server·UCS·VBlock
Cisco Nexus 4000 Blade Switch
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments · CISCO, Nexus 4000
Cisco’s vision of the unified data center took another step forward today with the announcement of the Nexus 4000 series blade center switches. This switch is another step forward in Cisco’s view of a true multiprotocol network. What does this mean? In Cisco’s view of the world this means supporting the transport of Fibre Channel, [...]
Tags: CEE·certification·CISCO·Data Center·Fabric Extender·Nexus·Nexus 4000·Nexus 7000·NX-OS·switch·Technology·UCS
Confusion about Cisco UCS pricing – Setting the Record Straight
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · CISCO, Cisco B Series Blades, Cisco UCS B200, Cisco UCS B250, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Managerm UCSM, cloud computing, Paginated
I read an interesting article in the Channel Register written by Timothy Pricket Morgan today. In his article - Cisco California pricing revealed, $3,000 for a blade with no innards he attempts to position UCS as a horribly overpriced system where Cisco is egregiously marking up components. A pretty strong statement from his article is listed [...]
Tags: CISCO·Data Center·Fabric Extender·FCOE·FEX·Fibre Channel·hosting·Network·Power·Server·Technology·UCS·Unified Computing System·virtualization·vmware
